Eddie Murphy Quotes

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

I hate all the red carpet stuff. It's weird, because it's part of what's expected of you now.

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

In Israel, I don't do any interviews at all. I don't want to be a celebrity in Israel.

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

Being an actress in Hollywood and being a celebrity tend to feed into one another, but just being a celebrity wouldn't really be interesting to me.

If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.

I never care about myself out in public when I get the paparazzi swarming me.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

I think what's interesting about the whole paparazzi thing is that unless you're Brad Pitt or Madonna, you can pretty much avoid it. You know when you're going to an opening that you will be photographed, so that's fine. And you know the restaurants that have paparazzi, so you don't go to them.

I see all the red carpet paparazzi stuff and I'm like, 'Really? Do I have to?!' I like to work and I know that's part of the job. But you kind of take it in stride.

I'm not someone who likes to be in the whole Hollywood tabloids.

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing.

I don't go to a lot of parties or do a lot of going out within, like, the Hollywood circle or celebrity-type circles and things like that.

I never go out to be photographed, never. I go to events because they're fun.

I think we live a culture that's obsessed with people, you know, 'Celebrities are just like us!' Everything I do except my job is critically analyzed online.

I didn't want my daughter to grow up in that intense attention - wherever we went, we'd get paparazzi. There are bigger, better superstars in America, so I thought, 'I'll go there for a quick holiday, and relax.' And my holiday just turned into me loving it and wanting to stay there longer and longer.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

That's the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media's radar.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

I don't like to be always in the press, or on television or always be on seen. It is not how I like to lead my life.

I've been to so many dos and presentation dinners and TV shows. I've been among all the top stars - soap stars, people from music - it's been brilliant. But I've kept my feet on the ground.